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WIST QuotationsJun 12

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

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Ingersoll, Robert Green - Lecture (1881-05-01) "The Great Infidels," Booth's Theater, New York | WIST Quotations

All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, -- never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it…

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alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇Jun 4

sincerity
noun
: the quality or state of being sincere : honesty of mind : freedom from hypocrisy

#word #sincerity #definition #merriamwebster

WIST QuotationsJun 3

A quotation from Garry Wills

Politics demands a great capacity for self-deception, which rescues the politician from hypocrisy. He can normally manage to believe what he is saying for the time it takes him to say it. This gives him a certain sincerity even when he is saying opposite things to opposite people.

Garry Wills (b. 1934) American author, journalist, historian
Confessions of a Conservative, ch. 15 (1979)

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Wills, Garry - Confessions of a Conservative, ch. 15 (1979) | WIST Quotations

Politics demands a great capacity for self-deception, which rescues the politician from hypocrisy. He can normally manage to believe what he is saying for the time it takes him to say it. This gives him a certain sincerity even when he is saying opposite things to opposite people.

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nikolMay 21

If US gov does not engage in political discussion with its giudicial and executive apparatus the questions - here put any phrase can come to your minds - will remain for long time a big headache for ordinary americans. People need services from a state first of all, for the rest individuals can work and achieve education and a fair-gained living by themselves (for themselves), I guess.

#literallyPosting #sincerity #US #USpolitics #humanity #globalPolitics #international

Kalvin Carefour JohnnyMay 2

The Right to Authentic Belief

Sometimes I just wonder if it's true that we have the right not to be hypocrites. Religious beliefs and practices should be accepted and practised sincerely, without being threatened with fear and so on. We are not here to impress religious elites. My religion is mine; others are theirs.

#faith #spirituality #religion #freedom #truth #life #belief #sincerity #heart #peace #personal #growth #rights #humanity #mindfulness

Sofia FlorinaApr 12

I want to be hugged...

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WIST QuotationsApr 8

A quotation from Montaigne

A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
 
[Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), "Of Presumption [De la Presomption]" (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)] | WIST Quotations

A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery. [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement,…

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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Apr 7

I think the one thing that defines the left wing of #GenerationX #GenX more than any thing else is deep #skepticism of #sincerity. Not that we don't believe that sincerity exists, but it has been shown to us so many times that displays of sincerity are hiding lies.

We're the children of #BabyBoomers who demand we worship the #SummerOfLove and their #antiwar and their #EarthDay, #CivilRights, and #Feminism, yet everything the #MeGeneration did in subsequent years put the lie to all of that.

Bodhi 心Mar 28

Wanna be friends? I value #sincerity, #earnestness, #kindness and #authenticity. I believe that serious, meaningful friendships can be formed online. Every friend was once a stranger.

I haven’t really stayed in one place for long, which means I have met loads of people over the years, but the friendships generally drift off because I wander around so much.

I figure this can be offset by striking up a friendship online, where geographical non-proximity is the defining feature. So, yeah 👍🏼